Friday, November 4, 2011

40 Days for Life Fall 2011 Campaign Closing Rally

Closing Rally

Location: St. Patrick's Basilica

Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011

Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

40 Days for Life campaign ends with a closing rally on Sunday November 6. Join us, beginning with Vespers at St. Patrick?s Basilica, 220 Kent Street at 7:00 pm., presided by Archbishop Prendergast. Afterwards, we will walk in a candlelight procession to Ground Zero (Bank and Sparks Sts.) for the wrap up. For more information call Campaign Life Coalition, 613-729-0379 or visit website www.40daysforlife.com/ottawa. All are welcomed to attend.





Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Father Bob Bedard Has Passed Away

From the Companions of the Cross website, http://www.companionscross.org/


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Our Beloved Founder, Fr. Bob Bedard has passed away

Remembering Fr. Bob Bedard

We mourn the loss of our beloved founder, Fr. Bob Bedard. He passed away peacefully on October 6, 2011.

Schedule of Events

We will be commemorating our founder in the following ways:

Wake - Tuesday, October 11

10:45am - Wake begins in St Mary's Church, 100 Young St., Ottawa.

A reception will be held downstairs in the parish hall throughout the day, concurrently with the wake. All are welcome.

12:00pm - Rosary

3:00pm - Divine Mercy devotions

3:30pm - Church closes to public

5:30pm - Church reopens; wake resumes

7:30pm - Vigil liturgy

9:00pm - Wake ends



Funeral Mass - Wednesday, October 12

2:00 pm - Funeral Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, 385 Sussex Dr., presided by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, SJ.

4:00 pm (approx) - Rite of Committal at Hope Cemetery, 4660 Bank St.